The following is a list of notable and recurring characters featured in the manga series Spriggan written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa. The story is set during the end of the Cold War, when mysterious OOPArts (out-of-place artifacts) are discovered around the world, leading to a secret war against the ARCAM Corporation, an organization that has placed itself as the guardian of the OOPArts to prevent them from being used as weapons.

Protagonists

Yu Ominae is the series protagonist. Although he is known to his teachers and classmates as a high school delinquent, Yu is secretly a special Spriggan agent for ARCAM. As such, he is often disrupted from his studies as he is called upon by ARCAM to conduct black ops for the company and gets sent on missions in and out of Japan. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi in Japanese and Kyle McCarley in English.

Jean Jacquemonde is a French Spriggan operator who is able to shapeshift into a werewolf using ancient biotechnology. He actively assists Yu in battling enemies of ARCAM. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Yōhei Azakami in Japanese and Xander Mobus in English.

Tea Flatte Tea Flatte Arcam, better known as , is a British Spriggan operator stationed in ARCAM's British headquarters. She was granted immortality by the wizard Merlin and possesses a special ability allowing her to summon illusions to fool her enemies.

Oboro is a skilled Qigong martial artist and is capable of dim mak, the ability to paralyze his opponents with a single touch. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Takehito Koyasu in Japanese and Bill Rogers in English.

Antagonists Iwao Akatsuki appears in Romania to eliminate Yu and other Spriggans, though Iwao's sense of honor eventually leads him to rescue Yu. He is later placed in charge of secretly transporting the Ark of the Covenant. Near the end of the series, Iwao is targeted for termination by COSMOS forces. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya in Japanese and Kaiji Tang in English.

Bo Brantz A secret agent for a Neo-Nazi faction based in Egypt, serves as Kutheimer's chief bodyguard. Near the end of the series, Bo teams up with Iwao to fight COSMOS after the two are targeted for termination by Trident. Although they are able to stop COSMOS, Bo is critically wounded and dies from his injuries. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, Bo is voiced by Tetsu Inada in Japanese and Kyle Hebert in English.

Larry Markson is an influential figure in the Trident Corporation, allowing him to gain access to assets in various national militaries and claim out-of-place artifacts for military purposes. In the 2022 ONA series, Markson is voiced by Ryōta Takeuchi in Japanese and Armen Tayor in English.

Henry Garnum is the president of the ARCAM Corporation. After taking control of ARCAM's field operations, he uses ARCAM agents to the South Pole to assist Trident in excavating and studying artifacts and the potential military use of the South Pole Shrine.

Sho Kanaya is secretly deployed to Yu's school to locate him and tricks many of the school's students and faculty into believing that he is a regular student. However, when Yu uncovers Sho's real identity, Sho wounds Yu with a knife before escaping. Later on, he leads a failed mission with several COSMOS platoons to raid ARCAM's Japan headquarters and lure the Spriggans from hiding. While in the hands of the Trident Corporation, Sho is augmented to increase his psychic powers in communicating with his fellow COSMOS soldiers.

Other characters

Yamamoto Head of the ARCAM Corporation's Japanese branch, took in Yu Ominae in as a ward after he found out that Yu was a former COSMOS child soldier. Yamamoto trained Yu in military and guerrilla tactics to help him be activated as a Spriggan agent. In the anime film, he is voiced by Kinryu Arimoto in Japanese and John Paul Shephard in English. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Kenji Hamada in Japanese and Greg Chun in English.

Rie Yamabishi is a childhood friend of Yu who returned to Japan after receiving a report that Yu had been "spotted" somewhere in the country. She decodes some of the mappa mundi to locate other out-of-place artifacts. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, she is voiced by Mitsuho Kambe in Japanese and Xanthe Huynh in English.

Yoshino Somei is critically injured from a gunshot wound during an operation to acquire the Holy Grail. However, she is saved by the Adolf Hitler clone's good personality. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, she is voiced by Mariya Ise in Japanese and Jenny Yokobori in English.

Mayzel first appeared in Turkey, having been sent to the Mount Ararat research facility by ARCAM to decipher whether or not Noah's Ark could be opened. Mayzel is not seen later in Spriggan until the last few chapters, where he was deployed to the South Pole alongside Margaret and several others.

Minor characters

ARCAM

Steve H. Foster Called Captain or by Yu, is the captain of ARCAM's S. S. Rosinante, a hydrofoil boat. He assists Yu in his Spriggan operations against the Trident Corporation by allowing him to use his ship as transport. As one of Tea's former lovers, he is one of the few ARCAM personnel to know about Tea's secret heritage. In the 2022 ONA series, he is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in Japanese and William Salyers in English.

Akiha Ominae is Yu's cousin, sister and guardian. She took him into her care with her father, Takashi Ominae, when she learned what happened to Yu's parents in Iran.

Miss Margaret is Professor Mayzel's assistant. The two have been working together since they were recruited by ARCAM to work on their Omihalcon-enhanced devices. In the anime, she is voiced by Sakiko Tamagawa in Japanese and Kelly Manison in English.

Jimmy Max is an American operative with ARCAM's Special Private Army. He teams up with Yu to retake ARCAM's R&D center in the United States, and, though heavily wounded, he survives the operation.

Precup Ramdi is a Spriggan working as a doctor in Thailand. Also known as "The Hand of God", Ramdi a renowned assassin when he was younger.

Professor Eva McMahon is Yu's history lecturer and a member of the ARCAM Foundation Archaeology Research Department. In the last chapter, she joins ARCAM researchers in fighting and protecting the earth from Fire Snake's attack.

Bowman is a former knife instructor in the Spriggans who taught Yu the basics of knife combat before moving to Trident. He is sent to Phantom Island to kill Yu and recover a Message Plate, though later dies of injuries sustained during knife combat. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Takayuki Sugō in Japanese and Kaiji Tang in English.

British Military

Maria Clemente is one of the British army's youngest officers, having enlisted in the army as a Lieutenant-Colonel at the age of 20. She assists Yu in defeating Mauser and eliminating the Berserker, sustaining a shot in her stomach. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, she is voiced by Saori Hayami in Japanese and Gilli Messer in English.

Professor Mauser is a research scientist who enlists the help of the British army in securing the remains of the Berserker from an excavation site in rural Britain. He dies when Maria turns his pistol against him during a fight in the main control room, killing the enraged scientist. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, He is voiced by Ikkyu Juku in Japanese and William Salyers in English.

Electy

Ed Kruger is a former ARCAM research scientist. He was lured over to Ryang's Electy organization with promise of money and fame. When Electy's base in the mountains of Thailand is destroyed, Ed chooses to commit suicide instead of facing capture.

Lyan is a Thai national who created Electy, an organization that manages to cultivate a drug that could temporarily grant a person immortality. His operation is destroyed by Yu, Yoshino, Oboro and Percup. He is defeated when Percup quickly takes his heart out, instantly killing him.

Machiner's Platoon

Colonel McDougal is a child who was partially cyberized by MJ-12.In the OVA version, the American military's Machine Corp. were responsible for his cyberization. He is granted psychokinetic powers by a psychic amplifier implanted in his brain. He is feared in the organization for his deadly abilities.

In the film, McDougal is the main antagonist. Though he is quite sinister, he masks his true personality with his young appearance. His ultimate goal was to gain control over the Ark and use it to recreate the world as he saw fit by killing off all of humanity with the Ark's weather-controlling capabilities. He was defeated by Yu and committed suicide by activating Noah's Ark self-destruct mode. In the anime film, he is voiced by Ryuji Aigase in Japanese and Kevin Corn in English. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Ayumu Murase in Japenese and Tiana Camacho in English.

Fatman is a Machiner's Platoon operative. He killed by Jean using Jean's Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun. In the anime film, Major Fatman was Yu's former COSMOS commander, and is eventually killed by Yu's uncontrolled quiet rage. In the film, Fatman is voiced by Kenji Takano in Japanese and Mike Kleihenz in English. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Yasuhiro Mamiya in Japanese and William Salyers in English.

Little Boy is an operative for the Machiner Platoon and Fatman's sidekick during an attack on ARCAM. Little Boy is killed by Jean when he turns into a lycanthrope. In the anime film, he is killed when he becomes trapped in a truck that eventually explodes. In the film, Little Boy is voiced by Katsumi Suzuki in Japanese and Spike Spencer in English. In the 2022 ONA adaptation he is voiced by Mitsuo Iwata in Japanese and Aleks Le in English.

Humming Bat He only appears in the First Option one shot story. is an American Machiner Platoon operative with the rank of Major.See End of Earse's Machiner's Platoon entry under Word, H section , for more information. An expert combat knife user, his cybernetic hands emit smoke and deafening ultrasound waves. Eventually, he is defeated and his arms are cut off by Yu. In the 2022 ONA adaptation, he is voiced by Takuya Kirimoto in Japanese and Kyle Hebert in English.

Neo-Nazis

Kutheimer is a former Colonel in Nazi Germany. He is paralyzed by Oboro and his face is scarred. He was killed by a shockwave from the Vajrayana.

Adolf Hitler Unlike the real , the Spriggan interpretation explains that he had two split personalities; one peaceful one and one was the one that the entire world knew him for. Upon placing his soul on a Hitler clone, it lost its memory and had the peaceful personality in place. However, it reverted to the evil personality when Kutheimer invoked the Sieg Heil chant on it. The Hitler clone had the ability to regenerate its wounds and heal other people's injuries. It died when the Vajrayana exploded.

Hans Schneider is an assassin recruited by Kutheimer to eliminate Shozo Kawahara and his expedition in Egypt to acquire the Crystal Skull. Eventually, while fighting Yu, Yu kicked him out a building, causing him to fall to his death.

Trident Corporation

Hedgehog is a Trident officer with glasses and blonde hair. He is known to have a prosthetic right arm that conceals a needle gun that can fire powerful shots able critically injure a human or destroy an object.

Jack the Ripper is one of the most dangerous Trident field operatives. His cybernetic arms conceal Omihalcon High Frequency blades. He was seriously wounded by Yu during an operation in Mali, but was able to escape. He is the fourth recipient of the Armored Machine Suit.

Sidewinder is a cyborg from the Trident Corporation. His robotic hands conceal sharp steel dart heads that can be fired from his fingertips. He is the fifth bearer of the Armored Machine Suit.

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